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Join Us! Volunteer Trip to Pine Ridge: June 19-22

Please join us for a weekend of volunteering at the Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center, headquarters of TWP’s Tribal Renewable Energy Program! On this trip, we will be finishing the construction of one of our straw bale homes, which will be used as a demonstration site for sustainable building, and getting our hands dirt in Solar Warrior Farm. This will be a great opportunity for learning and making new friends. We hope you can join us!

Where: Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center, Pine Ridge Reservation, South DakotaWhen:Thursday, June 19 – Sunday, June 22Who: Flexible volunteers who like adventure, hard work, lots of fun, and all kinds of weather. Volunteers 14-18 are welcome with adult companions.Why: To finish mudding our straw bale demonstration home and to put a new roof on this structure.

Volunteers are invited to arrive any time on Thursday, June 19. We will host full work days on Friday and Saturday and a half day on Sunday. Projects will end by 1:00 pmon Sunday, and volunteers are welcome to head home any time on Sunday, June 22.

Food:

TWP will provide volunteers with meals and snacks during the trip.

Food purchased by TWP will be simple and tasty, but feel free to bring any other food/snacks you desire. We will send out a meal plan as the date comes near.

TWP cooking equipment and utensils will be available for use.

Volunteers will help in preparing all meals and with cleaning up afterwards.

Transportation:

All volunteers are responsible for their own transportation and related costs getting to Pine Ridge.

We will be happy to coordinate carpools where possible.

Our facility is located down a short dirt road. Many sedans have traveled it without any problems.

Lodging:

Camping: Volunteers who would like to camp on the Red Cloud Renewable Energy property must bring their own camping equipment (tent, sleeping bag and pad, etc.). Weather is unpredictable, so only those comfortable in the outdoors should camp.

Sacred Earth Lodge (SEL): Volunteers are welcome to stay in our new dormitory and training facility for a suggested donation of $15. The Lodge includes dormitory-style sleeping arrangements, bathrooms, a full kitchen, and social area. No shoes allowed inside SEL. Please bring flip-flops to wear inside!